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Originally Posted by The Merg  antnyc:
Yes a WAP signal does through walls, but there is no law about having a radio signal trespassing in your house. You can even consider this to something like people that steal cable. Everyone gets the signal sent to their house, but if you unscramble a scrambled signal without permission, it's illegal. Now you might argue that the signal in that case is "secured" by being scrambled, but they did send it to your house.
But, to put it simply. It's against the law. It's explicitly stated in the code section.
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In this case, no one mentioned about unscrambling the signal, its kept open by the owner and therefore its an invite for anyone to use it. A quote from this article ->
Techdirt: On The Criminality Of WiFi Piggybacking... Quote:
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Of course, there will be those who say that the owners didn't intend for the network to be open -- but that's really besides the point here. The only information a user has is does the network say: "you're welcome here" or not. If it's open, it sends out an invite that specifically says: this network is open, come use it. That's authorization, and using such a network is not "theft" in any sense.
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People can not take analogy of a car with engine running and door unlock, its totally different nature. People who uses wireless routers should know that unless they put a security key then people can connect to their internet and if they don't then they're inviting someone to use it, that simple.